Editing Norwich (section)

===Retail===
[[File:Norwich Market - geograph.org.uk - 827962.jpg|thumb|[[Norwich Market]] with [[St Peter Mancroft]] church and the Sir Garnet public house in the background]]

Norwich was the eighth most prosperous shopping destination in the UK in 2006.<ref>[http://www.caci.co.uk/index.asp?url=press-060515.htm CACI web site] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225034237/http://www.caci.co.uk/index.asp?url=press-060515.htm |date=25 February 2012}} – CACI Retail Footprint, 2006.</ref> It has an [[Norwich Market|ancient marketplace]] established by the [[Normans]] in 1071–1074, which is today the largest six-day-a-week open-air market in England. In 2006, the market was downsized and redeveloped; the new market stalls have proved controversial: with 20% less floor space than the originals, higher rental and other charges, and inadequate rainwater handling, which has been unpopular with many stallholders and customers. In 2007 the local ''[[Norwich Evening News]]'' called [[Norwich Market]] an ongoing conflict between market traders and its operator, Norwich [[City Council]].<ref>[http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED04%20Jan%202007%2012%3A46%3A06%3A363 Norwich Evening News web site] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000659/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED04%20Jan%202007%2012%3A46%3A06%3A363 |date=28 September 2007}} – Market is hit by new cash blow.</ref>

The [[Castle Quarter, Norwich|Castle Quarter]], a shopping centre designed by the local practice Lambert, Scott & Innes and opened in 1993, presents an ingenious solution to the problem of accommodating retail space in a historic city-centre environment — the building is largely concealed underground and built into the side of a hill, with a public park created on its roof in the area south of the castle.

A second shopping centre, [[Chantry Place]] (formally Chapelfield) was opened in 2005 on the site of a closed Caley's (later [[Rowntree Mackintosh]] and [[Nestlé]]) chocolate factory, featuring as its flagship department store [[House of Fraser]]. Following a change of ownership in 2020, it was renamed [[Chantry Place]]. Detractors have criticised the centre as unnecessary and damaging to local businesses, prompting smaller retailers to band together to promote their virtues. Despite this, in August 2006 it was reported by the Javelin Group that Norwich was one of the top five retail destinations in the UK,<ref>{{Cite news |publisher=Norwich Evening News |title=New centre sees city climb shops league |url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED19%20Aug%202006%2013%3A37%3A04%3A253 |author=Jenkinson, Caroline |date=19 August 2006 |access-date=21 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510231230/http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED19%20Aug%202006%2013%3A37%3A04%3A253 |archive-date=10 May 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> and in October 2006 the city centre was voted best in the UK in a shopping satisfaction survey run by Goldfish Credit Card.<ref>{{Cite news |publisher=Norwich Evening News |title=Norwich is top of the shops |url=http://new.en24.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&itemid=NOED13%20Oct%202006%2010:00:29:760&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=search |author=Chessum, Dominic |date=13 October 2006 |access-date=29 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929201206/http://new.en24.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&itemid=NOED13%20Oct%202006%2010%3A00%3A29%3A760&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=search |archive-date=29 September 2007}}</ref>

A section of central Norwich roughly bounded by Bethel Street/Upper St Giles Street, Grapes Hill, St Benedict's and St Andrew's Hill/London Street/Castle Meadow is now known and promoted as [[Norwich Lanes]]. As a series of mostly pedestrianised lanes, alleyways and streets, it is noted for independent retailers and eating and drinking establishments. It also contains several of the city's cultural attractions, including museums, theatres and other venues. Norwich Lanes, as part of a nationwide drive to recognise the importance and maintain the character and individuality of Britain's high streets, was the Great British High Street Awards 2014 national winner in the "City" category.<ref>{{Cite news |newspaper=Eastern Daily Press |title=Norwich Lanes wins national high street award |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norwich_lanes_wins_national_high_street_award_1_3839215 |date=8 November 2014 |access-date=18 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129025426/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norwich_lanes_wins_national_high_street_award_1_3839215 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

To the north is [[Anglia Square Shopping Centre, Norwich|Anglia Square]] shopping centre. The owners of the site want it redeveloped; demolition work was due to start in 2010 after an archaeological dig, conducted in 2009 and due to the centre being located around the site of a Saxon fortified settlement. [[The Twentieth Century Society]] has objected to demolish on the ground of the architectural merits of one of the few [[Brutalists]] shopping centres left in the UK and the 35,900 tonnes of [[embodied carbon]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.savebritainsheritage.org/campaigns/article/634/PRESS-RELEASE-Anglia-Square-the-battle-which-must-be-won |title=PRESS RELEASE: Anglia Square - the battle which must be won |website=www.savebritainsheritage.org}}</ref><ref name="auto"/> The development is planned to be a mix of shops and housing, unlike the original offices, shops and cinema.<ref>[http://www.calvertsquare.co.uk/about.asp Calvert Square] Retrieved 1 December 2008 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012023148/http://www.calvertsquare.co.uk/about.asp |date=12 October 2009}}</ref> In February 2009, an initial delay to the plans was blamed on the economic climate, and developers were unable to say when work would begin. Further delays occurred in the years following.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Development plannings |url=http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED02%20Feb%202009%2012%3A23%3A27%3A320 |publisher=www.eveningnews24.co.uk |access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref> In 2014, it was bought by investment manager Threadneedle Investments for £7.5&nbsp;million.<ref>[http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/norwich_shopping_centre_s_price_tag_is_revealed_following_sale_of_anglia_square_1_3634579 Evening News report] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528133028/https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/local-council/norwich-shopping-centre-s-price-tag-is-revealed-following-sale-674548 |date=28 May 2021 }} Retrieved 9 June 2014.</ref> The owners and their partner Weston Homes announced in November 2016 they had been holding talks with chief officers at [[Norwich City Hall]]. Plans submitted included demolishing Anglia Square, the former stationery office and Gildengate House. Over a thousand homes were planned above shop units and a public square.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=Dan Grimmer |title=Norwich's Anglia Square could be demolished as revamp plans, including 1000 homes, are revealed |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/home/norwich_s_anglia_square_could_be_demolished_as_revamp_plans_including_more_than_1_000_new_homes_are_revealed_1_4758973 |website=Eastern Daily Press |access-date=10 January 2017 |date=2 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111000023/http://www.edp24.co.uk/home/norwich_s_anglia_square_could_be_demolished_as_revamp_plans_including_more_than_1_000_new_homes_are_revealed_1_4758973 |archive-date=11 January 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anglia Square and the surrounding area |url=https://www.norwich.gov.uk/info/20238/current_consultations/1875/anglia_square_and_surrounding_area |website=Norwich City Council |access-date=10 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111002147/https://www.norwich.gov.uk/info/20238/current_consultations/1875/anglia_square_and_surrounding_area |archive-date=11 January 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> In early 2018, Weston Homes and landowner [[Columbia Threadneedle Investments|Columbia Threadneedle]] submitted regeneration plans to include 1,200 homes, a 20-storey [[High-rise building|tower block]], a supermarket, a hotel, green squares and central courtyards.<ref>{{Cite web |author1=David Hannant |title='My hope is for a common sense approach'- Reaction to plans for Anglia Square |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/anglia-square-plans-submitted-1-5436987 |website=Eastern Daily Press |access-date=24 April 2018 |date=15 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424202728/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/politics/anglia-square-plans-submitted-1-5436987 |archive-date=24 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The controversial 2018 plans were rejected by the [[Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government]] in 2020, and in 2021 the developer resubmitted revised plans.<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 November 2021 |title=Norwich Society's 'relief' over changes to Anglia Square plans |work=Eastern Daily Press |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/housing/anglia-square-norwich-society-weston-homes-redevelopment-plans-8525398 |access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref>